Candle wick



- Patented June 20; 1922.

v9 TTORWEV UNITED. STATES PATENT oFFica.

WILLIAM C. KREUZER, 0F SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE WILL & BAUMER COMPANY, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION 20F NEW YORK.

CANDLE WIOK.

Application filed November 24, 1920.

To all whom 2'25 may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. KREUZER, of Syracuse, in the county. of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Candle Wicks, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to tips or enlargements for candle wicks and to the method of forming the same to facilitate supporting of the wicks as they are repeatedly dipped and withdrawn into and from the molten wax, tallow, or other inflammable material to gradually build up the candle to the desired diameter by accretion and also in finishing the candles to the desired form and size by drawing them through suitable dies or molds.

In the dipping and finishing process, the individual wicks are usually supported by separate V shaped hooks which may be carried by any suitable reciprocatory carriage capable of lowering or raising the wicks into and out of the molten material, or of drawing the candles through the finishing dies or molds, and in order that the wicks may be easily and quickly attached to or detached from the hooks, they are provided with enlargements which permit the smaller portions of the wick to be drawn into the V shaped recess through the open side of the hook, while the enlargement forms a stop to limit the sliding movement of the wick upon the hook by reason of its being larger than the recess and consequent engagement with the walls of the recess so that when the dipping or finishing operations are completed, the wick may be readily withdrawn through the open side of the hook.

Heretofore, these enlargements have, so far as I am aware, been made by tying the end of the wick into a knot, which not only takes up an appreciable length of the wick, and afterwards is cut off as waste, but unless the knot is made with considerable care is liable to vary in its degree of firmness and in its distance from the opposite end of the wick around which the candle is formed.

The main object of my invention is, therefore, to not only avoid the waste of wicking incidental to the formation of the'knots, but also to permit the enlargement to be formed more expediently and economically at or Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 20, 1922 Serial No. 426,185.

near one end, uniform distances from the opposite ends, by dipping one end of the wick or wicks in molten sealing wax or other plastic material which is capable of quickly congealing or hardening immediately following the withdrawal of the wick therefrom, the degree of enlargement depending somewhat upon the consistency of the molten or plastic material or upon repetition of the dipping. Other objects and uses will be brought out in the following description.

In the drawings, Figure 1, is an elevation of the portion of the candle with the wick therein equipped with my improved enlargement together with the supporting hook therefor.

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional View, partly in elevation, of one end of the wick to which the enlargement of sealing wax has been applied.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taking the plane of line 33- in Figure 2.

In order that myinvention may be clearly understood, I have shown a portion of the completed candle ,A, having a wick a which is provided at one end with an enlargement b formed by dipping said end in sealing wax or other plastic material capable of quickly congealing or hardening upon its withdrawal from the molten or plastic material.

In supporting the wicks, preparatory to repeated emersion in the molten wax or tallow or other inflammable material to form a candle around and upon the same, the portion adjacent the enlargement bis drawn into the open side of a V sha ed recess 0 of a hook shaped supporting member G--, which, in turn, may be mounted upon any suitable reciprocatory carriage, whereby the wick may be lowered or raised into and out of the molten inflammable material, the enlargement b serving as a stop to engage the walls of the recess c and, thereby, prevent withdrawal of the wick except as the wick is lifted upwardly through the open side of the recess. It is, of course, evident the enlargements bmay serve a similar purposein connection with the hook C for drawing thecandles through finishing dies or molds. The method of forming the enlargements b upon the ends of the wicks consists of simply dipping said ends in the molten \Vhat I claim is:

A candle Wick having one end tipped With sealing wax applied thereto While in a plastic state. I

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of November 1920.

WILLIAM C. KREUZER.

Witnesses H. E. GHAsE, MARJORIE L. QUINELL. 

